Cooling Board: A Long Playing Poem

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15 • cooling board a long-playing poem Apartment, Central Park West”); the guidance of his grandmother, Martha Crumwell (“The Music: An Explanation to Miss Martha”); and his future as an ar tist who saw beyond the boundaries of conventionalsoul(“Noteson ‘Life,’a Symphony”).Cooling Board is about life lessons, the difficult things you don’t always get on the first take. With each endeavor, Like any project by Donny Hathaway,the social and spiritual conscious of ’70s and ’80s R&B, Cooling Board is cause for celebration . This posthumous collection of studio rarities and unreleased live performances finds the legendary singer/composer at a crossroads: contemplating the success of his partnership with Roberta Flack (“The Last Supper: Roberta’s Hathaway proves such trials are worth the struggle.In an age of reality-TV-assembled throwaway artists, Cooling Board is a musical throwback: a long-playing album meant for one long, contemplative listen. What we, Hathaway’s faithful, are left with is another testament to his greatness and the overwhelming sense of his absence. Listen, be reminded and renewed. 16 • This page intentionally left blank. ...